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Jay's Vineyard

Jay’s vineyard never renamed growing slowly at first picking up speed after maturity unhappily and horribly Jay never reached it Cancerous dangers swirled through the vines of his young body taking him quickly thus the name Jay’s vineyard Grandpa Johnson was never the same wilted and died like the grapes that never made it. Aunt Jen turned into a wine making dynamo, determined to keep the grapevines in business and productive She could not save Jay, but she could save the vineyard. Jay’s mom stopped living when he passed. Stopped being a person Stopped everything Never came to the vineyard again. Could not stand to see something that thrived after he was gone. The grapes knew but they kept their counsel knowing that humans are not supposed to evolve too fast. Shhhhh…..

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